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Xxxxxxxxxx et al that in specific situations the magnetic coating can give rise to a strong reorganization of the spectrum that has to [12] Bernevig B. A., Xxxxxx X. X. and Science, 314 (2006) 1757. Xxxxx S. C., be taken into account for each physical situation. [13] Xxx X., Xxxx X., Xxxxx D., Xxxx X., Xxx A., Xxx X., Xxxxxx A., Xxxxxx D., Xxx Y. S., Xxxx X. X. xx al., Xxx. Phys., 5 (2009) 398. MAHV thanks A. ∗∗∗ Xxxxxxx and A. G. Grushin [14] Xxxxxxx X., Xxx X. X., Xxxxxxx X., Xxxxx E. G., Xxxxx C., Xxxxxxx X., Xxxxxxxxxx X. X., Xxxxxx P., Xxxxxxxxxx B., Xxxxx X. X. xx al., Xxx. Phys., 6 for discussions. FG and MAHV acknowledge support from MEC (Spain) through grant FIS2005-05478-C02-01, PIB2010BZ-00512 and CONSOLIDER CSD2007-00010, and by the Comunidad de Madrid, through CITEC- NOMIK, CM2006-S-0505-ESP-0337. MIK acknowledges support from Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), the Netherlands. REFERENCES [15] [18] [19] [20] [23] (2011). Xx L. and Xxxx X. X., Phys. Rev. B, 76 (2007) 045302. Xxxxxxx X., Xxxxxx X., Xxxxx X., XxxXxxxxx X. X. and Xxx X. X., Rev. Mod. Phys., 82 (2010) 1539. Xxxx Y. L. et al., Science, 329 (2010) 659. Xxxxxx R. and Xxxxx C., Phys. Rev. D, 13 (1976) 3398. Xxxxxxxx Y. and Xxxxxx A., Phys. Rev. A, 19 (1979) 2461. Xxxxxx R. and Xxxxx P., Nucl. Phys. B, 190 (1981) 681. Xxxxxxxxxxx X. and Loss D., Phys. Rev. Lett., 108 (2012) 187201. Xxxxxxxxx S. V., Magnetism, Vol. 2 (Wiley) 1974. Nomura K. and Xxxxxxx N., Phys. Rev. B, 82 (2010) [1] Xxxxxx Xxxx X. X., Guinea F., Xxxxx N. M. R., 161401(R). Xxxxxxxxx K. S. and Xxxx A. K., Rev. Mod. Phys., 80 [24] Xxxxx Y. and Xxxx F., Appl. Phys. Lett., 96 (2010) (2008) 315. 172109. [2] Vozmediano M. A. H., Xxxxxxxxxx M. I. and Guinea [25] Xxxxxxxx X. X. and Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx X., X. Xxxx. & [3] F., Phys. Rep., 496 (2010) 109. xxx Xxxxxxxx X., Xxxxx G. and Xxxxxx M., Phys. [26] Magn. Mater., 14 (1974) 194. Gonza´lez J., Guinea F. and Vozmediano M. A. H., Rev. Lett., 45 (1980) 494. Nucl. Phys. B, 424 (1994) 595. [4] Xxxx X., Xxxxxx X. and Xxxxx F., Rev. Mod. Phys., [27] Xxxx X. X., Xxx X. X., Xxxx X. X., Xxxx X. X. and 54 (1982) 437. Xxxxx X. X., Phys. Rev. A, 43 (1991) 1186. [5] Xxxxx X., Xxx. Phys., 5 (2009) 378. [28] Xxxxxxxx X. X. and Xx C., Mod. Phys. Lett. A, 13 [6] Xx X. and Xxxxx X., Phys. Today, 63, issue No. 1 (2010) (1998) 615. 33. [29] Skyrme T. H., Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A, 260 (1961) [7] Xxxxx X. X. and Xxxx X. X., Rev. Mod. Phys., 82 127. (2010) 3045. [30] Yu X. Z., Xxxxx Y., Kanazawa N....
Xxxxxxxxxx et al. (2012a) outlined three main types of restocking practices: (i) release of adults after the hunting season to increase the subsequent breeding population, (ii) release of juveniles before the hunting season, to be harvested during the subsequent hunting season, and (iii) release of individuals during the hunting season. In most countries where restocking takes place, regulations or guidance that define best practice are limited or non-existent. Furthermore, current practices differ considerably from one country to another. In France, Mallards mostly come from a handful of breeding facilities that sell day-old ducklings. Such birds are then hand-reared in aviaries in the region of release, which generally occurs at the age of 6–9 weeks, about two months before the start of the hunting season. In order to keep hand-reared Mallard on the hunting estate, the provision of corn, wheat or rice is common practice. Hand-reared Mallard are thus likely to be highly faithful to the place where they were released, at least until the hunting season commences (Xxxxxxxxxx et al. 2009). Swedish game managers have long used Mallard eggs, ducklings, and adults imported from Denmark, which in turn also imports large quantities from abroad, e.g. France (Xxxxxxxxxx et al. 2013). In the Krasnodar and Rostov regions of southern Russia (Azov/Black Sea region) more than 100,000 ducks (thought to be Mallard) have been released annually in recent years by the local hunter associations and these birds are believed to mostly be derived from China where they were harvested as eggs from wild populations (MaMing et al. 2012) and transported to Russia for rearing and release; this practice is feasible due to favourable costs of egg harvesting and transport (Melnikova 2013).
Xxxxxxxxxx et al. 2007). In particular, insulin- like peptides are expected to play an important role in the developmental pathways that regulate abdomen size. Thus, early ecdysteroid manipulations likely assert their ultimate phenotypic effects indirectly, by initiating alternative developmental pathways whose downstream mechanisms are unknown but likely involve other hormones. Another mechanism by which ecdysteroids induce the alternate seasonal morphs in B. anynana may be changes in timing of developmental events (see Annex 3A). Both pupal development time and abdomen size showed the same window of hormone sensitivity. Furthermore, pupal development time and timing of ecdysteroid pulses in the pupal stage are genetically correlated (Xxxxxxxx et al. 2004), and discrete variation in timing of ecdysteroid pulses in the pupal stage is phenotypically correlated with adult reproductive allocation (Xxxxxx et al. 2011). In the wet season, an early ecdysteroid pulse coinciding with the sensitive period would accelerate development, resulting in an increased abdomen size and accelerated onset of oviposition. This is consistent with the well-known function of ecdysteroids as a developmental timer during the larval stage (Klowden 2007). In our experiment, pupal development time was more strongly affected by the seasonal environment than by the hormonal manipulations (Figure 3.1), i.e. ecdysteroids did not fully phenocopy the temperature response. Temperature is known to have a major impact on rates of growth and development in ectotherms, independent of any adaptive plasticity and likely as a result of the direct effect of temperature on metabolic rate (Xxxxx & Gotthard 1998). Developmental plasticity in B. anynana might also share components of its regulatory mechanisms with larval and pupal diapause expression in other insects, which has been linked to ecdysteroids (Xxxxxxxxx 2002). In some cases, ecdysteroid titers are lower in diapausing larvae or pupae (x.x. Xxxx 1996, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx 2004), and in other cases exogenous ecdysteroid applications terminate diapause and induce the continuation of normal development (Arpagaus et al. 1986, Singtripop et al. 1999). In adult insects, ecdysteroids interplay with other hormones (in particular juvenile hormones) to regulate several aspects of female reproduction (Klowden 2007). For example, ovarian growth in young Gryllus firmus adults is positively correlated with ecdysteroid titers (Xxxx 2009). Mutant Drosophila melanogaster females...
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Xxxxxxxxxx et al recently presented a detailed study concerning the capacity of serum from healthy donors with different MBL genotypes to activate C4 by man- nan, using incubation of serum samples at physiologic ionic strength, followed by a second incubation with an MBL-deficient complement source (20). In agreement with our study, this method also revealed that C4 activating capacity was severely hampered in carriers of MBL variant alleles. In the present study we evaluate specific MP activation of the whole complement cascade, up to C5b-9 formation, using autologous complement components and an inhibitor of C1q. Our results indicate that heterozygous and homozygous expression of the B allele is associated with low MBL serum concentrations, low MBL binding to mannan and low MBL complex activity, resulting into hampered activation of C4 and C5b-9 via the MP. These findings raise the question of the primary cause of impaired MBL function in individuals with structural MBL polymorphisms.
Xxxxxxxxxx et al. (2011) noted that the response of chlorophyl-a to changing nitrogen conditions differs between individual coastal areas. The authors suggest several ecosystem features that could potentially account for this, e.g. differences in tidal ranges, secchi-depth, mixing and the fraction of refractory TN. This suggests that ecosystem characteristics can play an important role in the outcome of restoration projects. The same authors also suggested that shifting baseline (as a result of global change), may explain the reported failure to revert eutrophied coastal ecosystems to their previous state following reduction of nutrient inputs. Summary Several major reasons return in many publications on recovery failure or delay: Spatial scale must be large enough (catchment). Temporal scale: there is time needed for recovery. Multistressors present: mostly only one or a few stressor were tackled, others forgotten. Confounding abiotic processes affect recovery, such as upstream ‘hidden’ stressors, internal P loading, and biological interactions, like the early arrival of non-native species, but also climate change effects, effects of management and maintenance. Distance from source populations and lack of connectivity results in dispersal limitations and colonisation barriers. There is no guiding monitoring that makes evaluation along the development and redirection of measures possible.
Xxxxxxxxxx et al demonstrated and confirmed the automation of a miniaturized MSPD technique with subsequent GC-MS analysis for PRA in fruits (Xxxxxxxxxx, et al. 2001). They were able to obtain LODs between 10-50 ng/g and utilized the reversed-phase C8 sorbent (Xxxxxxxxxx, et al. 2001). Of the other available techniques, MSPD is the only one that has been used in the PRA of baby food fatty matrices and used to extract a wide variety of pesticide residues, such as organochlorine, OP, and pyrethroid pesticides. In comparison to the buffered QuEChERS method, MSPD has been shown to give 50% higher recoveries in MRMs with lipophilic pesticides in milk and eggs (Xxxxxxx, et al. 2005c). After the appropriate extraction technique is chosen, most of the resulting extracts need to be cleaned via SPE, dispersive solid-phase extraction (DSPE), or gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Although rarely used for MRMs due to their strong affinity to polar OP pesticides, Florisil and silica are some of the first sorbents applied and still used during SPE (Hercegova, et al. 2007). Subsequently, researchers began using a variety of types of carbon sorbents, particularly graphitized carbon black (GCB), for the cleanup of pesticide extracts from produce matrices (Xxxxxxx, et al. 2002). This type of SPE sorbent strongly absorbs planar molecules, such as pigments, and isolates them from the sample extract. However, carbon sorbents did not get rid of confounders, such as matrix co- eluants or response augmentation (Hercegova, et al. 2007). Other types of SPE columns applied to MRMs of produce and baby food have been the reverse phase C18 sorbent and chemical bonded stationary phases, such as aminopropyl (- NH2), primary-secondary amine (PSA), and strong anion exchange (-SAX) (Leandro, et al. 2005). Comparing the cleaning efficiency of these columns on acetone and acetonitrile sample extracts from a variety of produce, Xxxxxxx and coworkers determined that -NH2 and PSA normal phase SPE columns were most effective (Xxxxxxx, et al. 2002). Aminopropyl and PSA columns removed hexadecanoic and octadecanoic acids, fatty acids present in many green vegetables, while C18 and SAX did not eliminate the majority of matrix co-eluants in the sample (Xxxxxxx, et al. 2002). Moreover, PSA can also remove sugars and other interferences that are capable of forming hydrogen bonds. Fatty matrices have also been cleaned up using Alumina, Florisil, C18, -NH2, Oasis Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance, and Bond Elut Polychlorin...
